Bartlesville
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Bartlesville Public School Facilities

Pre-K and Kindergarten Programs for Ranch Heights and Wayside Attendance Areas; Pre-K Program for Wilson Attendance Area

Will Rogers was built for $149,329 in 1955 to serve the new Pennington Hills development in east Bartlesville at 4620 E. Frank Phillips Boulevard. The next year a $194,510 addition was made. In 1960 $35,663 was spent on a second addition, and a final addition in 1963 cost $32,512. The elementary school served up to sixth grade until 1962 when the 5th and 6th graders were transferred.

The school was closed in 1986 and the next year the district's curriculum office and teacher center were moved there. The building housed the regional Professional Development Center until that function ceased in the summer of 2003; the Teacher Center closed in the summer of 2004. For several years much of the north part of the building was Technology Services while the former gym and south part were used for professional development meetings. The special needs pre-school classes formerly housed at Southview moved here in 2003.

Twenty years after closing as a school, the building was renovated and re-activated as a school in 2006. It serves Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes for students in the Ranch Heights and Wayside service areas, and Pre-Kindergarten classes for the Wilson service area. Those sites' enrollments are projected to grow in the coming years due to housing developments in their areas, so their Pre-K and K classes were moved to Will Rogers to free up classroom space for future growth.

Will Rogers Early Childhood Center Website

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